Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-31

16 Bell and Hoffman confess at St. Louis to wrecking the Missouri Pacific railroad. a. Ten thousand dollar train robbery reported in Texas.
 25 Municipal government frauds discovered in Cincinnati amounting to $s0,000.
 23 Cashier Schroeder, of Jersey City Germania Savings bank, stole $S0000.
 FEBRUARY.
 1, One hundred thousand dollar dedication on the part of John J. Lisle, discount clerk of Balti more First National bank.-O'Neil, New York poodle alderman, found guilty of bribery and sentenced.to Sing Sing.-John De Leon sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment for abduction. 4. Tichborne claimant, Charles Ogden Ferris, sentenced to five years for defraudAhg the United States pension bureau.
 15 Capture of Isaac H. Vincent, defaulting treasurer of Alabama, in Texas
 r. Walter E. Lawson defaulted in s1 ,ooo,ooo. g. James Hunter, of James & John Hunter, Philadelphia, defaulted in $150,000
 24. Janitor Titus, of New Jersey, confessed to killing Tillie Smith, and his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
 26. Unknown young woman murdered at Rah- way N J. Celebrated Railway murder mysteryl g. Roxalana Druse hanged for the murder of her husband at Herkimer, N. Y.
 APRIL
 1. Chicago boodlers arraigned; their trials fol lowed and several were convicted and now serv- ing time. McGarrigle, the boss, escaped in July and is now free in Canada.
  ploycs OF the Pennsylvania railroad at Pittsburg. 14. Sarah M. Howe, woman banker, left Boston with $5o.O0o.
 1. James M. Taggart, paying teller Union Trust company, Philadelphia defaulted in $1000o0. IA. Standard oil company men convicted of conspiracy in. Buffalo, N. Y.
 19. Four thousand dollar train robbery in Texas. Marquis de Mores arrested on charge of fraud in dressed beef business.
 JUNE.
 q. Capt. Jack Hussey, the Castle Garden life saver, dead; shot by Policeman Hahn, afterward acquitted.
 Ky, by the killing of Tolliver. 29 Jacob Sharp convicted of bribery in New York
 1a Pranzini, French murderer, sentenced to death in Paris
 14 Jacob Sharp sentenced to Sing Sing for four years and fined S5,00O Nov. g he was granted @ new trial by the New York court of appeals. He is still at liberty
 8. Two hundred indictments found against Bald Knobbers at Ozark. Mo. Sixteen indictments were for murder
 . SEPTEMBER.
 1. McNeally, bank clerk at Saco, Me, absconded with S279, 800 in bonds and money.
 1. Pranzini, French murderer, guilotined.
 NOVEMBER.
 10. Jesse Pomeroy, the notorious boy murderer, in attempting to escape from the Massachusetts state prison, blew both eyes out by an explosion. II. Eagel, Spies, Fischer and Parsons, con victed of the murder of Policeman Duggan, at the uaymarket riots in Chicago, May 4, 1886, hanged, at the Chicago jail; Lingg, one of the convicted parties, had previously committed suicide and the sentences of Schwab and Fielden had been com rnuted to life imprisonment. Second trial of .JOhn Arenadorff charped with murder of Rev. Mir. Haddock, was com menced at Sioux City. He was acquitted. %. Ex-Vice President Harper, of Fidelity Ma tioual bank of Cincinnati, on trial for wrecking the bank. g. Henry V. Leslie and James A. L. Wilson, of Philadelphia, sentenced for six and eight years, respectively, for embedding S700, 900 of Delaware and Chesapeake Canal company. DECEMBER. 8. Marion La Touche, female banker, conl- mitted for swinding women in New York. 12. E. L. Harper sentenced at Cincinnati to ten years for wrecking the Fidelity National bank. IS. Louis Lingg and the executed Chicago An l archists, were finally buried in Chicago.